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full-grown pair with great interest : they had evi- 

 dently just come up from the river, and were slowly 

 making their way back to their home on the escarp- 

 ment. They seemed on the most affectionate terms, 

 occasionally entwining their great long necks and 



"A YOUNG ONE WAS LYING DOWN IN THE C.RASS (JUITK CLOSE 

 TO ME." 



gently biting each other on the shoulders. Much 

 as I should have liked to have added a giraffe to 

 my collection of trophies, I left them undisturbed, 

 as I think it a pity to shoot these rather rare and 

 very harmless creatures, unless one is required for a 

 special purpose. 



We pushed on, accordingly, towards the escarp- 



